Welcome to the British Science Association Readi
ng Branch!

Our branch is based in Reading\,
where we organise events across the Berkshire region. We run monthly Cafe Scientifique events in Reading and sponsor the Basingstoke Cafe Scientifique
. As well as the popular Reading Café Scientifique series\, the Readin
g Branch also organises other events throughout the year. Each year the br
anch co-ordinates the programme for Reading Science W
eek which is part of British Science Week and runs in March.

Loraiza Davies pr
esents The state of the world’s forests and main deforestation drivers to
the Basingstoke Cafe Scientifique The speaker for the January 2019 meeting
of Basingstoke Cafe Scientifique at The... Read more »

Dr Ben Woo
dcock (CEH) will be presenting Neonicotinoids and bees This talk will dis
cuss the impacts and implications of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides o
n both wild and honey bees... Read more »

Reading 2050 Public Lecture series: Reading’s Climate Change S
trategy The Reading 2050 lecture series is a platform of discussion around
the work of the Reading 2050 group established in 2013 by the School of t
he... Read more »

Understanding the Weather of 2018
day event for the Royal Meteorological Society. Weather-wise 2018 was a g
lobally memorable year. The tropics saw examples of record intensity tropi
cal cyclones including the... Read more »

Prof John Cosgrove from Imperial College will be discussing the “Geolo
gical Storage of Radioactive Waste” for the Reading Geological Society Mor
e information can be found at the Reading Geological Society... Read more »

Prof Tim Guilford (University of
Oxford) will be presenting The Shearwater’s World Shearwaters are amongst
the most elusive creatures on earth\, spending most of their lives far ou
t to sea... Read more »